McKinnon Exhausts His Appeals. Will be Extradited to USA

Finally, the world’s stupidest hacker will be extradited to the United States to stand trial. In a last ditch effort, Gary McKinnon went to the House of Lords to beg to be protected from US prosecution. The judges unanimously gave McKinnon the boot.

From the AFP here:

A London man accused of hacking into the computer systems of the US military and NASA on Wednesday lost his appeal against extradition to face trial. Gary McKinnon, 42, tried to prevent his transfer to the United States to be tried over what has been described as the “biggest military hack of all time” by taking his case to Britain’s highest court, the House of Lords.

But five judges unanimously rejected the appeal, paving the way for the unemployed UFO enthusiast to be extradited to the US, where he could be jailed for up to 70 years if convicted of sabotaging vital US defence systems.

This dork hacked into US defense networks because he was convinced that he could uncover evidence of UFOs. I seriously doubt that he will do more than 5 years in prison for his crimes. To see other posts on this crackpot, click here.